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Battle of Rast thrishna Public Lidraré BATELE OF RAWUL. or on to extermination against them, one ought not to shrink from paying tribute to the brave, though they be our foc. In the Roli Anplacalle antagonist. His Ii faith, lead him to look upon death with cold and dignified indifference. Tie is a fatalist. and thus Tite sheath are to him as pne. Tf fate wills that he dies in tho heat of battle, death has hut unloaded Lim of his borden at the journey's end, that he way enjoy the beat of rest-—eternal Invwry and sleopy be h ong eveunnters an vitmde, To wlate one Jittle fneident will suffice to show how thene men faco death and div upon the battly ict, In this encounter with the enemy and the Mahid- pore Contingent, Doctor Orr of the Eycterabad Con- Hingrnt came np with one of the Rohillals who was Arosveud inn at very s fellow, and perhaps niler, this he refused to do; he way then told aperion manner, He was a fine Jouder. He sens requested to sure that noleas he did so, death woull assnvedty be his portion, Av this he souftdl and boldly defied the officer to combat. Thon ensued the struggle for lite in deadly couflict, which he manfully maintained upon foot till the cold sharp spear of his antagonist, pierced his breast ; Le then fell upon the field, cast an agonised withering look of « still unvanquished apivit nt his for, threw his arm across his eyes, and 7 98 CENTRAT. INDIA, died without a gruan! ‘The Rohillah affects to de- his faith teaches hima that to die thus i once into the elysihum of the blest, e every sensual pleasine will be meted out te hb in undying sun: spiso death, is to ents whe ripeness, Craulled in war, nurtured in anos, imbued with a porzpeus sense of their all-saving faith fog time and etemity, proud by nature, and during by habit, it ix no wowler he forms a figure of no incan type in ow pickures of the battle-tield, or a foe Ly ne thems despicable in single combat. Thave seen hiia rush into the jaws of death as Doklly as though the shackles of “age, ache, penury, and itoprisonment” dad just heen lvosed, ue a career ag free and boundless as the will horse's wore before him, Nor ean we wonder at this, lor Mas homet tells them in his Koran, “the sword is the key of heaven and hell. A drop ef blood shed in the « se of God, or one night spent in avins, is of more avail than two months in fasting and prayer. Whosvever falis iu battle, his sins are forgiven; at the day of judgment bis wonnds shall be vespleudent as vortnition, and odosans as the loss of his Timbs shall be replaced by the wings of angels and cherobin :” In onr yresuit of the enemy we passed through the town of Taol in the little state of the Naweb of Jaéra, Here we learnt that they had departed mmunk ; and THE ROUTLLAT —" (L, NAWAB OF JAORA. 99 some hows prior to our approach, after having frightened the yoo folk there out of their senses, The town was saved from lool or ransom hy the enemy by a curious incident. They lad determined wo phinder the town or have 80 Iacs of rupees paid to thar, as mansion. A delate ensued among thene as ts whether they should geept 25 lacs—the sum offered by the people or 80, the amount they de mandedl, "Che folk could or would only wuster 25, the enemy had set their hearts spon 80, so they conferred, and quibbled, and argued until sunset, when the sound of a bu ts was reported te. the counsellors 5 this put a period tu their defile they slruck Ubeir camp and Hed, sa daes dhe offend by the inhal ions, “sESOTL nts, or the ont they intended te appropriate in ils stewd, As we marched into Tanl, the Nawab af Jadra was there with an ansious retinue be weleoue eur presence. Hu was a tine young ian in every nteued, and dh pp with us which dnd already lasted for years, He waa well known tom sense of the word, very cul jroux to con thie 2 friend wuny ol our foree wir Ind joined in the chase, the race, and fostivities with him in former times, Lis Hbexality: was as Intye as his use, and every anile of his ter Jtis villages were clean, well-built, ani ints tory bore evidences of the wisdom of his rule. pived hy people who furthered our progress with a willing, Ha